I'm reading this amazing book right now, called Bedtiming. One thing that it spends a lot of time on is that there are certain stages in a baby's life when he/she tends to be more emotionally stable...

During my second pregnancy, I started to get completely grossed out by a particular category of sounds---wet, splorpy sounds, like my dog licking himself. I've never liked that sound before, but now...

I agree with the PP that your son is old enough to learn about having different relationships with different people. When my son was 10 months old, my BIL taught him to head-bonk, HARD. Even when he...

Can I just say, since you are asking and you want a supportive answer, you should contact a pediatric urologist. Also, if your midwife isn't going to give the baby a Vitamin K shot (which helps the...

My two were almost exactly two years apart. Here is what worked for us. At a time when we weren't dealing with crazies, I handed the baby to my DH and did some one-on-one time with my son. We read a...

I don't want to make anyone feel guilty for not doing official play dates, but I want to point out that parallel play is NOT the same as ignoring other kids. They are totally watching each other and...